Astrid Bowlby
2163 East Letterly Street
Philadelphia, PA  19125
215-913-2583
astridbowlby@msn.com
 
b. Bath, Maine, 1961
 
 
Education
 
2002                                        Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1996                                        Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, MFA, sculpture
1994                                        University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, BFA, sculpture and drawing
1986-88                                   Art Students League, New York, NY
1979-80                                   Parsons School of Design as a BFA candidate
 
Awards
 
2004                        The Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant
                                Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, works on paper
2002                        The Leeway Foundation Grant for Excellence, works on paper Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, works on paper
2001                        C.R. Ettinger Studio, print award for inaugural Philadelphia Print Collaborative print portfolio
2000                        Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, works on paper
1999                        The Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant
 
Solo Exhibitions
 
2004                        So below, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
                                No more twist, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
                                Inmeye, a drawing installation, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2003                        Drawings and Installation, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA          
                                Drawings and Installation, O.S.P. Gallery, Boston, MA
                                On some far, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2002                        Leaves of Grass, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
                                Speech Balloon (for J.S.), Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2001                        Dark Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2000                        The World is Larger in Summer, Fleisher Challenge Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
                                The Constant Disquisition of the Wind, sculpture installation, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
1999                        Keeper, drawing installation, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
                                The Moonrakers Advise, sculpture installation, Area Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
 
Group Exhibitions
 
2005                        2005 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (up-coming)
2004                        Recent Editions from the C.R. Ettinger Studio, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
                                The Drawn Page, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
                                Drawn/Quartered, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
                                Subliminal Divisions: the work of Suzanne Anker and Astrid Bowlby, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY
                                SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
                                Home, d.u.m.b.o. Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2003                        Fine lines: from the collection of Wynn Kramarsky, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
                                Santa Barbara, CA (brochure)
                                Internal Excess: Selections Fall 2003, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
                                Mixed Bag, Salon des Amis Gallery, Yellow Springs, PA        
 
Group Exhibitions, Continued
 
2003                        Drawings, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
                                2003 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (catalogue)
                                The Object and the Expanse, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ
                                Hot Off the Press: Collaborative Ventures in Printmaking, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County
                                Community College, Newtown, PA
                                Drawn 2, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002                        The Print Center; Philadelphia, PA (Leeway Award recipients 2002)
                                Past, Present, Future, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
                                Art Chicago2002, Chicago, IL (exhibited with Gallery Joe, Philadelphia)
2001                        Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
                Taking Stock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
                                In Our Own Back Yard, Main Line Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
                                Art Couples, Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2000                        Delaware Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (catalogue)
                                San Francisco International Art Expo (SF3), (exhibited with Gallery Joe, Philadelphia)
1999                        Place of Memory: An Archaeology of Site-Specificity, 1969-1999, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                                New Work by Gallery Artists, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
                                Waxwork, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
                                Works on Paper Biennial, Beaver College (now Arcadia University) Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
                                Works on Paper, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, PA
                                Drawing the Line, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
                                Sticker Shock!, exhibition of sticker art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
1998                        Bounty and Residue, an exhibition of sculpture and drawing, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
                                Process, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997                        Narrative Sculpture, White Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                                Nexus Selects, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
                                Backyard Sculpture Invitational, exhibition of site specific sculpture, Philadelphia, PA
1997                        New Work, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
                                Drawing Currents, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1996                        Private Acts, Earthly Delights, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
                                XV, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
                                MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1995                        Works on Paper, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA
                                Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1994                        Essential Gatherings, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME
 
 
Selected Collections
 
                                Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD                      
                                Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
                                Mellon Financial Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
                                West Collection at SEI, Oaks, PA
                                Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
                                Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, New York, NY
                                The ArtColl Trust, Renton, WA
                                Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                                New York Public Library, New York, NY
                                Solutions for Progress, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
                                Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick, NJ
 
                             
Visiting Artist/Lectures/Teaching
 
2004                        Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
                                Slide Lecture, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
2003                        Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME (included slide lecture, critiques, print project
                                and drawing seminar)
                                Adjunct Professor of Art, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
                                Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Art History Department, Philadelphia, PA
                                Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
                                Visiting Critic, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
                                Slide Lecture, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
                                Slide Lecture, Raritan Valley Community College, Long Branch, NJ
2002                        Slide Lecture, Philadelphia Community College, Philadelphia, PA
                                Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
                                Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, PA
                                Slide Lecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001                        Alice Neel Symposium: A panel of Philadelphia women artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art
                                Slide Lecture, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA
                                Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, Fibers Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2000                        Visiting Critic/Slide Lecture, Fibers Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
                               
Bibliography
 
2004                                       
Jon Elliott, Greenline, “Art Scene: Williamsburg Galleries: Suzanne Anker/Astrid Bowlby,
Subliminal Divisions”, May 26, 2004
James Rosenthal, Art on Paper, “Astrid Bowlby: Drawings and Installation at Gallery Joe”,
January/February, 2004
       
2003                                       
Ken Johnson, New York Times, "Redefinitions of drawing go to the wall (and off it)",
September 12, 2003
The Drawing Center, Drawing Papers 39, “Internal Excess Selections Fall 2003”, September, 2003
R.B. Strauss, Art Papers, "Wilmington, Delaware", May/June, 2003
Open Studio Press, New American Paintings, Volume 8, Number 2, May, 2003,
Juror: Ingrid Schaffner
Susan Hagen, Philadelphia City Paper, "Partners in Art", April 3, 2003

2002                                       
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Drawing as Sculpture", October 25, 2002
Susan Hagen, Philadelphia City Paper, "Contained Multitudes", Sept. 26 – Oct. 3, 2002
Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, "Solo Fare", Fall guide: Art, September 18, 2002

2001                                       
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Drawing in the Dark", May 18, 2001
R.B. Strauss, Weekly Press, "Beyond May Day", May 2, 2001
Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, "Darkness Visible", April, 25, 2001
Susan Hagen, Philadelphia City Paper, "Psychic Maps", Apr. 24 - May 3, 2001
Jane Holahan, Lancaster New Era, "Refreshing Visions", Jan. 4, 2001
Diana Savage, Intelligencer Journal, "Close to Home", Jan. 5, 2001
Mary Snell, USM Art, "Profile, Astrid Bowlby", Winter/Spring, 2001

2000                                       
Gary Mullinax, Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, "Biennial: 'A Stepping Off Point for Something Larger'", April 16, 2000
Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, Field Trip, April 19, 2000
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Regional artists meet a high standard in biennial", April 16, 2000
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Too much dish for towels won't wash", Feb. 25, 2000

1999                                       
Anne Fabbri, Art Matters, "Site specific art: New, old or dead", Dec. 1999
Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, "Artful Oddities", Dec. 9-16, 1999
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Personal space, wax works", Nov. 28, 1999
Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, "The A-List, Melt with Moore", Nov. 1999
Scott Southerland, The Portland Phoenix, "Forty's a crowd", Sept., 17, 1999
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "works on paper", Sept. 17, 1999
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Redefining makeup of paintings", 1999
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "Yard Art better than Flamingos and Gnomes", Aug. 13, 1999
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Seeking a vital Jewish presence in Germany", July 2, 1999
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "Jeepers, Keepers", June 23, 1999
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "Up on a Pedestal", June 16, 1999
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "The Real Y2K Problem", May 26, 1999
Victoria Donohue, The Inquirer- Suburban edition, "Artists unleash the creative power of paper",
May, 1999
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer, "Rebellion, adolescent humor plastered all over ICA show", Jan. 24, 1999
Jen Darr, Philadelphia City Paper, "Stick It", Jan. 14, 1999

1998                                       
Edward Sozanski, The Inquirer," Poetic Sculptures: Some saucy, others elegiac", Oct.16, 1998
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "Best Exhibit Where You Couldn't Expect Reasonably
to Find Anything", Mar. 1998

1997                                       
Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly, "No Story Here", Dec. 10, 1997
Gerard Brown, EyeLevel, "Backyard Sculpture Invitational", Sept. 1997
Jen Darr, Philadelphia City Paper, "Yard Art", Aug. 7, 1997